Wednesday, April 13, 2011

From The Rachal Maddow Show:

2 comments:

She is so wonderful. Those reenactments seem silly to me. My husband and I went to a July wedding some years back in which all the guys were dressed in Civil War uniforms. It was a 98 degree day. One of the "soldiers" passed out in the heat and the others looked close to death. Every Christmas when I receive a card from the couple, now with two daughters, I think it is amazing it lasted given the auspicious beginning!

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